SEC no-action letter relating to prime brokerage: Difference between revisions

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The prime broker committee, chaired by Bear Stearns (remember them?) sought clarity from the SEC that a normal PB settlement would not be. It proposed to treat the “trade settlement” transaction between the [[prime broker]] and [[executing broker]] as an inter-dealer (principal) trade even though theoretically executed as [[agent]] for the customer. The SEC granted it, in the no-action letter.
The prime broker committee, chaired by Bear Stearns (remember them?) sought clarity from the SEC that a normal PB settlement would not be. It proposed to treat the “trade settlement” transaction between the [[prime broker]] and [[executing broker]] as an inter-dealer (principal) trade even though theoretically executed as [[agent]] for the customer. The SEC granted it, in the no-action letter.
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*[https://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/mr-noaction/pbroker012594-out.pdf The famous SEC no-action letter]